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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / July 2006Review compatibility Word 2000 v Word 2003
Hi all (expecially any other editors out there). I use Word 2000 extensively, making much use of the track changes/display changes/comments facilities. I also use W98SE, which is adequate for my purposes. I have been keeping all my files backed up to a memory stick ('USB drive', a misleading term, IMO). One day I know I'll have to 'upgrade' (probably when I've worn my keyboard out!) so I recently tried my USB stick in a new laptop in my local friendly computer shop. Files of all types could be read perfectly, but I noticed that the Word 2003 that was on the new machine showed up my 2000-type edits in a most peculiar fashion. It seems to me that the display changes facility in 2003 is far poorer than 2000, or perhaps there is some sort of a compatability setting that I could have toggled had I gone into it more deeply. Any opinions from others that have ezxperienced this? The default "balloons" in Word 2002 and 2003 were specifically requested by publishers of magazines and the like who wanted a way to show markup that did not affect the layout of a complex page (with a lot of wrapped graphics and such). So the display reduces the page image in order to allow extra margin space (user-configurable) to display the changes in balloons in the margin. You can disable balloons in Word 2002 and 2003 and go back to the classic display (which you can also see in Normal view); the formatting options are limited in Word 2002 (the dev team bungled this), but this is corrected in 2003. There is a lot of flexibility in this arrangement. I am not familar with the Track Changes feature in previous versions because I never had occasion to use it, but in Word 2002/2003, using controls on the Reviewing toolbar, you can choose to display markup in various ways, including selecting which reviewers' changes you want to display. You can thus also accept or reject the changes made by a specific reviewer. As an editor you may not find this interesting (since you may be the only one making changes), but for large collaborative teams, it is useful.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi all (expecially any other editors out there). > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > toggled had I gone into it more deeply. Any opinions from others that > have ezxperienced this? > The default "balloons" in Word 2002 and 2003 were specifically requested > by [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> toggled had I gone into it more deeply. Any opinions from others that >> have ezxperienced this? Why has this old post and reply now appeared under this bloke's name? Que? >> The default "balloons" in Word 2002 and 2003 were specifically requested >> by [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>> toggled had I gone into it more deeply. Any opinions from others that >>> have ezxperienced this? In answer to your email (probably meant as a NG post since my reply email bounced): More or less. I think the default formatting of insertions and deletions is the same. But you can also see this in Print Layout view if you disable balloons. Suzanne S. Barnhill Fairhope, Alabama USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <aalaan@tpg.com.au> To: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2006 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Review compatibility Word 2000 v Word 2003 Thanks Suzanne. So if I understand you correctly, in Word 2003 I need only go to normal view to see my markup as I see it in Word 2000? SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi all (expecially any other editors out there). > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > toggled had I gone into it more deeply. Any opinions from others that > have ezxperienced this? |
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